Billiard-ball



(No Model.)

- A. KUSGHKE.

BILLIARD BALL. No. 275,923. Patented Apr. 17,1883.

{ mrcn 101 ITED ALEXANDER R. KUSOHKE, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

BlLLlARD-BALL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 275,923, dated April 17, 1883.

Application filed February 5, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALEXANDER 1t. KUSGHKE, of the city of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Billiard-Balls, of which the following is a specification.

Owing to the scarcity of ivory, billiard-balls manufactured from this material are very expensive; and the object of my invention is to provide a ball which will be as effective as an ivory ball, and one which can be manufactured much more cheaply.

Referring to the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 represents a completed hall. Fig. 2 represents sections of the ball before being secured together in the process of manufacture. Fig. 3 represents a ecu tral section through a completed ball.

in the manufacture of this ball I cut sections from a sheet of metal, preferably steel, such sections being of sufficient size to make quarters, thirds, or halves of a completed ball, and each of these sections is then stamped by appropriate (lies into such a shape that when the required number are put together they will form a perfect hollow sphere.

In the drawings I have shown the ball A as being composed of quarter and half sections a; but, as above stated, it may be composed of thirds or sections of. any other preferred size. After the various sections have been stamped into shape the edges are accurately jointed, and the sections are then secured together by soldering or brazing. After the sections have been put together the outer surface of the ball thus formed is turned or ground to make it perfectly round, after which it is thoroughly plated by a suitable material-as, for instance, gold, silver, nickel, or bronze or enamel.

A set of balls may be plated with different materials, and thus the different-colored balls required may be obtained; or all the balls may be plated with the same material and colored as desired.

The shell of this ball is made sufficiently thick to make it of the required weight.

As thus constructed the ball is cheap'aud durable, and is a desirable substitute for an ivory ball. 1

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows:

l. A billiard-ball consisting of a hollow metallic sphere, said sphere being constructed in sections, the sections being properly secured together, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. A billiard-ball consisting of a hollow metallic sphere, the outer surface of said sphere being covered by an appropriate hard plating or enamel, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. The herein-described process of manufacturing billiard-balls, consisting, first, of cutting a number of blanks from a sheet of metal; second, stamping each of said blanks into the form of a section of a sphere; third, securing said sections together,formingaperiectsphere; and, fourth, covering said completed sphere with a suitable hard plating or enamel, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

ALEXANDER R. KUSOHKE. Attest:

J. WM. STREHLI, E. B. HILL. 

